Mark Panuthos

How many baseball players can one buy with $118 million? In 2012, 23 teams funded their entire rosters for less. Only seven teams paid more and only the Yankees committed that much to just four players; Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia, and Mark Teixeira. The previous two World Series […]

Brian Cashman admitted in a recent press conference that one of his primary reasons for signing Raul Ibanez (39) during the offseason was so that the younger players would stop calling Derek Jeter “gramps”. When the reporters asked what the other reasons were, he pointed his finger toward the back […]

Last September, the Rays staged a miracle comeback versus the Yankees. Down 7-0 in the 7th inning, Evan Longoria homered off Cory Wade to cap a six run 7th inning. Dan Johnson, who was batting .108, then connected for a homerun in the 9th to tie it. In the 12th, […]

Andy Pettitte’s “un-retirement” has caused much consternation, and not just among certain other pitchers who were, until recently, struggling for a starting rotation spot. Just think of the other teams in the American League East – against all of whom Pettitte holds winning records. He was dominant versus the Rays […]

To put it gently, Phil Hughes “struggled” in 2011. He showed up to spring training overweight and out of shape, so much so, as a matter of fact, that the usually laconic Joe Girardi noted to New York Times reporter David Waldstein, “There’s a concern … It does question where their […]